TEAMS
Manchester United
Royal Antwerp (loan)
Stoke
Inter Miami
England
Having been born in Chester but raised in North Wales, how close were you to playing for Wales instead of England?
A rule came in when I was 24 saying that you could represent a country if you’d attended a school there for five or more years. I’d also played for Wales’ schoolboys, but I’d been in the England squad by the time this new rule started – it was never an option.
How did you end up at Manchester United, as a childhood fan of the club?
I didn’t actually take up football properly until I was eight or nine. I initially went on trial at Wrexham,I wasn’t good enough for United. Nemanja Vidic and Rio Ferdinand were in front of me and Jonny Evans was climbing up the ranks. I wasn’t at their level.
